A message for all INFORMS members
As an INFORMS
member, you are eligible to vote in the Fall 2026 INFORMS election, which
opened August 24, 2026 and closes September 30, 2026.
You should have received an email (it may be in your spam folder) with a link to your ballot.
The header for this email is:
Vote Now: INFORMS – 2026
Election for the INFORMS 2027 Board of Directors
My INFORMS President-Elect
vision statement can be found here.
“my goal for
INFORMS is for it to achieve its full potential, making it into the best
version of itself that it can be.”
It is also a joy to see two
of my former PhD advisees, Banafsheh
Behzad (California State University, Long Beach) and Ruben
Proano (Rochester Institute of Technology) also on the ballot for INFORMS
board positions. Banafsheh is running for INFORMS Treasurer and Ruben is
running for VP (Education).
They follow in the footsteps
of another former PhD advisee, Laura
Albert (University of Wisconsin Madison), who served as INFORMS VP (Marketing,
Communication, and Outreach) and as INFORMS President.
They were all wonderful
students to advise, and more importantly, they are all wonderful people.
Thank you for being an
INFORMS member and for contributing to a community that is not only the best in
the world, but also the best for the world.
Posted 24 August 2026